Topic: Toulouse
European champions Toulouse ran in six tries while Stade Francais racked up five in French Top 14 romps on Friday, but big-spending Toulon slumped to an embarrassing home defeat to little Bayonne.Toulouse enjoyed a 44-24 cruise over promoted Agen as the new ...
European champions Toulouse ran in six tries in a 44-24 romp over promoted Agen as the new French Top 14 championship got off to an entertaining start on Friday.Even without influential former All Black scrum-half Byron Kelleher, who is recovering from a ...
France coach Marc Lievremont has made seven changes to the French team that will face Argentina in Buenos Aires on Saturday.Bayonne centre Lionel Mazars makes his international debut while Perpignan full-back Jerome Porical starts a Test for the first time.In their last ...
Toulouse halfback Jean-Baptiste Elissalde ended his stellar playing career in suitable fashion on Friday by landing a penalty in the Barbarians thrilling 29-23 victory over an under-strength Ireland in Limerick.The 32-year-old scrum-half cum fly-half told Saturday's edition of L'Equipe that he had ...
Many doubted Byron Kelleher's signing for Toulouse after the 2007 World Cup, but the former All Black scrum-half has endeared himself to one of the most demanding rugby audiences.At 34 years old, he seems to have lost little of his sniping and, ...
David Skrela orchestrated an unprecedented fourth European Cup title for Toulouse after overseeing his club's 21-19 victory over Biarritz at the Stade de France here on Saturday.The outside-half, often the target for much criticism in the French press, booted three penalties and ...
France coach Marc Lievremont on Wednesday called up uncapped Perpignan full-back Jerome Porical for a 30-man squad to tour South Africa and Argentina in June.Porical, 24, and 21-year-old Biarritz flanker Wenceslas Lauret are the sole debutants in a squad that will be ...
Clermont are French club rugby's equivalent of always the bridesmaid and never the bride having been title finalists 10 times and never lifting the trophy.On Friday they set out once again in seeking to shed their unwanted 'chokers' tag.They host well-financed Parisian ...
Three-time champions Toulouse defeated reigning champions Leinster 26-16 on Saturday to reach their sixth European Cup final.The winners in 1996, 2003 and 2005 will take on either fellow French side Biarritz or Irish province Munster, who play their semi-final on Sunday, in ...
The European Cup nears its climax with two mouth-watering semi-finals this weekend, French powerhouses Toulouse and Biarritz lining up against Irish provinces Leinster and Munster respectively.Three-time champions Toulouse host reigning champions Leinster, who will be looking to match English side Leicester (2001, ...
